Monthly Archives: October 2015

Day 17 – Accountability

Hi! I’m still here. Diet has been great! love the new iPhone App (LifeSum) I have found the perfect fit. It’s low carb but not keto low. So the app calculates out my macros based on 100g of carbs a day. Perfect amount for me actually. I get a few with each meal but it’s low enough that the cravings don’t take over my life!

Highly recommend the paid version of the App. It’s like $39.00 a year and well worth the investment if you like to not follow a standard calorie counting SAD.
I Started Piyo on Monday. Seems T25 was too much cardio for me. Funny – I have tried to do that program like 4 times now. Each time I make it 2 weeks and my body begins to protest. Seems I would take the hint that my body; with it’s conditions, does not like that much cardio. I think it kind of goes back to wanting to be “Normal”. And by “Normal” I mean someone without an autoimmune disease. I know everyone has their own “Normal” and this is my new “Normal” – I’m just still not thrilled with the limitations, But – I keep going 🙂

Have you made your decision yet?

I have shared my thoughts on this before. I share my thoughts on this with friends and family in real life probably far too often 🙂 (Love you Kids)

When you want to change something, anything really. Your size – your fitness level – your clothing – your hair color – ANYTHING at all, it is as simple as making the decision. All of the thought and negations that go on in your mind are signs that you have not made the decision. Therefore you leave yourself room to negotiate and reason yourself into something that does not lead you to your goal.

When you truly MAKE the decision to change – you will. There will no longer be excuses that stop you from working out (coloring your hair, changing your clothes..etc.). You will no longer reason your way into that ice cream after dinner. It will simply be – I am not eating ice cream right now OR I choose this workout routing start to finish and not find an alternate for today because you don’t want to sweat, hehe. That is what brought this topic to mind again. Yesterday I was like “ugh – what workout is today?” then I realized – it did not matter what one it was – I was going to go down and load the proper disc in and do it; Period. And I did.

Make the decision and do it. There is a reason that Beachbody’s tag line is Decide, Commit, Succeed 🙂

October 13th

Today was Focus T25 Speed 1.0 and it was awesome 🙂

Food was not great!

I know that me and Carbs do not get along well. I tried to nutritionally follow a “Normal” diet with calorie tracking basically – but I get cravings and I want to eat my own arm off! With carbs in my diet I have uncontrolled cravings and that is no way to live.

So tomorrow its back to my Keto lifestyle. I did hear about a new App for my phone that actually has an option to track a Keto plan! It has the fats, carbs and programs calculated for you and the calories you need to reach your goals. So I’m hopeful!

I’ll let you know how I like it – if it seems to be worth the money I will share the name and such!

It’s a touchy subject. One that some people will really put in the TMI category. But in this day and age I think it’s a topic that needs to be less taboo and easier to discuss.

It’s poop. ????

Last week while I was on vacation I had too many eating out dinners, and skipped meals due to being busy. And only once in the while 7 days did I get my Shakeology in. By Sunday I was miserable.

For years my doctor had “Chronic Constipation” as a diagnosis on my medical records. I would go once or twice in 7 days. That was my “normal” and it SUCKED! It was uncomfortable and often painful just to have my pants done. When I joined Team Beachbody as a Coach I ordered Shakeology and started using it daily. Because why would I promote something I would not use daily myself?

After a short period of time – like a week or two – I realized I had become “regular”. Like not “OMG, I have to run to the potty now” regular – just “Hey, wow – daily” regular.

My doctor has removed “Chronic Constipation” from my medical records and I feel great. I rarely catch colds and my insides are happy.

So while I was easily distracted last week I am looking forward to being back on track so my guts are happy again.

Monday October 12th

Good Morning!
Here is the day the we have chosen to focus on the goals for the rest of the year. Inside the Forum I have 5 committed people, ready to take on the FREE year-end challenge. Today we are getting login’s created and approving accounts.

Personally I was going to start the week off with a 3-Day Refresh, but it did not arrive yet. So when it gets here I will take the 3-days after and “Refresh”, today I just start with the tracking and getting back to my workouts.

Vacation was amazing! We went up to Traverse City for an overnight trip and it was beautiful. We drove to the Old Mission Light House and took a few pictures. The rest of the week we cleaned the house – relaxed and just simply enjoyed each others company.

I will be loading some various sample meal plans into the Forum today. I will put these in the General Nutrition forum and not the closed accountability group.

Free Accountability Group

We all need someone to help hold us accountable.

It’s pretty easy to lie to and not keep promises to ourselves. So while we are quickly approaching the end of the year, I want to have you do a little math. There are 12 FULL weeks left in this year. If you lost one single pound each week – you will start next year 12 pounds lighter than you are now. So often we wait until the new year and say THIS year is my year! THIS year I’m doing it! Then by March we are frustrated and give up – IF we made it that long!

SO lets do this now! Lets be 10-12 pounds lighter by New Year’s EVE! and not wait to start on New Year’s Day.

I’m on vacation all next week with my hubby – its vacation – not going to be a free for all but vacation none-the-less and I am going to relax and enjoy myself. So if we start on the 12th and I truly lose 12 pounds by New Year’s Eve – I will be about 13 pounds from where I want to be when I go on my cruise in March – that works out just about perfect to lose that last 13 lbs after the first of the year!

Leave a comment below if you are interested! I will be working on the site and a few menu options and nutritional options for you to choose from and work with.
This is a FREE group – you do not have to buy anything – but your own food! You do not have to follow the plan I am following – but you do have to plan something to follow. You can choose from what I post or you can do something that works for you and just join us for accountability!

This is going to be good – I need this – you need this – lets DO this!!!